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<div class="field-item even">Opinions vary on whether cloud is good for the industry</div>
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:datePublished dc:date"><span class="date-display-single" property="schema:datePublished dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-04-13T00:00:00-04:00">04/13/2015</span></div>
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>YARMOUTH, Maine—Cloud offerings are proliferating in the security industry. Recently, <a href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/dice-s-hosted-monitoring-certified" target="_blank">Dice</a> and <a href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/ul-certifies-first-cloud-based-automation-platform-sbn-cloud">IBS</a> launched cloud-hosted monitoring and <a href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/3xlogic-purchase-infinias-completes-cloud-offering" target="_blank">3xLOGIC acquired cloud-based access control provider Infinias</a>. In the latest News Poll, Security Systems News asked readers whether cloud is here to stay. Just over half of respondents—52 percent—said yes.</p>
<p>“Cloud is clearly inevitable and the integrators that are experimenting with it now will be the victors,” said one respondent.</p>
<p>It may be where the industry is headed, but 27 percent of respondents said that the cloud has no place in physical security. Bruce Cree, owner of B.C. Electronics, said, “It will happen, but it’s not secure. It’s convenient.”</p>
<p>Forty-eight percent of respondents said that cloud services are being widely offered in security, whereas one-quarter said there are some cloud offerings, but not a large variety.</p>
<p>The cloud could have applications in automation as well as security, according to Brad Zellers, president of BSN security. “Cloud infrastructure is leading the way not only with security but home and business integration [and] automation.”</p>
<p>Some believe that cloud’s potential lies in monitoring. “Cloud managed monitoring services hold great promise near-term. Cloud video storage as a redundant path is also useful when you have to be sure you don’t lose video.”</p>
<p>Thirty percent said it’s too soon to determine cloud’s importance.</p>
<p>“This is not the year that cloud will move into the spotlight,” said one respondent. “We are a conservative industry in terms of adoption of new technologies, and this is a good thing.”</p>
<p>Cloud capabilities really appeal to customers, some said. “Most clients, after you explain the process, like the idea of not having to keep up with the database and the hardware to process their database,” one respondent said. ”</p>
<p>“It’s more secure and gives the end users ease of access and control of their own systems,” Zellers said.</p>
<p>Forty-one percent said increased RMR for integrators and cost savings for end users are the cloud’s best uses in physical security. Reduced infrastructure, more security and ease of installation are the biggest benefits, 37 percent said. Twenty-two percent said it’s just good for marketing purposes. </p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="News Poll: Cloud is security’s future" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:57:54 +0000Spencer Ives18262 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/news-poll-cloud-security-s-future#comments3xLOGIC purchase of Infinias completes cloud offeringhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/3xlogic-purchase-infinias-completes-cloud-offering
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>WESTMINSTER, Colo.—With the purchase of cloud-based access control provider Infinias, 3xLOGIC has acquired the missing piece of its integrated security solution.</p>
<p>3xLOGIC capabilities previously included video, notably its VIGIL VMS and its VIGIL Trends software—a suite of business intelligence analytics.</p>
<p>“We went hunting for [an access control] solution and identified Infinias as a complete fit,” 3xLOGIC CEO Matt Kushner said.</p>
<p>“You fuse the three—cloud-based analytics, video and access—and I would argue that we’re the best-of-breed totally integrated managed security solution,” Kushner said.</p>
<p>3xLOGIC on March 5 announced the acquisition of the access control product lines of Infinias from Observint. <a href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/blog/observint-acquires-infinias">Observint had owned Infinias since 2012. </a></p>
<p>An undisclosed number of Infinias employees, including former Infinias president Wayne Jarred, joined 3xLOGIC.</p>
<p>“Wayne Jarred is now leading our engineering operations as VP of engineering and will take a seat at the executive table,” Kushner said.</p>
<p>3xLOGIC is privately held and now has 150 employees. In addition to its headquarters here, it has offices in Indiana, Florida, Canada and China. Adding Infinias, 3xLOGIC now has about 800 dealers.</p>
<p>Kushner joined 3xLOGIC 20 months ago with a plan to accelerate growth by “hiring the right people … and simultaneously growing the product portfolio.”</p>
<p>In that time, 3xLOGIC has had several notable wins including Big Lots, a retailer with 1,500 locations, Murphy USA with has 1,400 locations and 99 Cents store, another multiple-location retailer. Those three retailers alone “represent $10 million in sales” for 3xLOGIC, Kushner said.</p>
<p>“Business intelligence allowed us to win these deals,” Kushner said. “Once they saw the level of problems we can solve, we sealed the deal.”</p>
<p>Kushner said the intuitive interface “allows anyone to become an analyst and start solving business problems.”</p>
<p>Because they had a common customer, 3xLOGIC is already integrated with Infinias. However, 3xLOGIC will now do a “much deeper integration, moving the video functionality inside Infinias and the access control capability [into the VIGIL VMS.]”</p>
<p>What about the reluctance of some integrators to embrace cloud-based solutions?</p>
<p>“Corporate America [such companies as Google, Apple and Microsoft] is moving to cloud-based solutions,” Kushner said. “[Integrators] who continue to offer conventional access and video are going to be adding to a shrinking market. The new, growing market is cloud-based managed services. The giants are driving it now.”<br /> </p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="3xLOGIC purchase of Infinias completes cloud offering" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:45:33 +0000SSN Editor18171 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/3xlogic-purchase-infinias-completes-cloud-offering#commentsObservint gets into access control with infinias buyhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/observint-gets-access-control-infinias-buy
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>AUSTIN, Texas—Three months after helping LG Electronics relaunch its security products in the United States, Observint Technologies on Nov. 7 announced that it has acquired access control provider infinias.</p>
<p>Owned by The Carlyle Group, Observint was formed in 2006 with the goal of acquiring security-focused companies. Observint acquired Supercircuits in 2006. It subsequently bought Security Cameras Direct, DIGIOP and SC Technologies.</p>
<p>In September, it also “formalized its relationship with 3S Vision,” a Taiwan-based manufacturer of megapixel cameras, Observint's chief marketing officer George Farley told Security Systems News.</p>
<p>Farley declined to discuss terms of the latest deal but said the benefit to infinias is that “Observint brings to the table all the capabilities for broad distribution of that product, from the sales force to marketing, engineering, operations, [and] forward and reverse logistical support,” Farley said.</p>
<p>“Observint provides that level of support for the entire network [of companies],” he said, adding that “all technologies within the portfolio are deeply integrated.”</p>
<p>Infinias manufactures IP-based access control systems for the commercial security market. Its Intelli-M product line includes an Ethernet-enabled integrated door controller, one of the first PoE door controllers introduced to the security market, and the Intelli-M Access browser-based management application.</p>
<p>Infinias will continue to do product development, sales and support from its Indianapolis headquarters, while Observint will take over marketing and finance duties at its headquarters here.</p>
<p>Since announcing the LG deal in July, Observint has added “several people to our sales team, outside, inside and sales engineers. We’ve also transitioned and added manufacturers’ rep firms to support the entire portfolio,” Farley said.</p>
<p>By Q1 2013, Observint will have “a broad range of distribution partners set up,” he said. Many integrators have preferences about distributors they like to do business with, he said, “and we want to make sure we support that." </p> </div>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Observint gets into access control with infinias buy" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:19:42 +0000Leif Kothe15840 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/article/observint-gets-access-control-infinias-buy#commentsObservint acquires Infiniashttp://securitysystemsnews.com/blog/observint-acquires-infinias
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<div class="field-item even" property="schema:articleBody content:encoded"> <p>Three months <a href="http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/lg-we-re-back-usa-security-market">after helping LG Electronics relaunch its security products in the U.S.</a>, Observint Technologies announced today that it’s acquired access control provider Infinias.</p>
<p>Owned by The Carlyle Group, Observint Technologies was formed in 2006 with the goal of acquiring security-focused companies. Observint acquired Supercircuits in 2006. It subsequently bought Security Cameras Direct, DIGIOP and SC Technologies.</p>
<p>I spoke with Observint's George Farley in July about the LG buy and he said at the time that Observint may be expanding beyond video. I have a call into Observint and will hopefully talk to Farley about the Infinias deal.</p>
<p>In a prepared statement, Infinias' president and CTO Wayne Jared said the company will "benefit from access to Observint's vast resources" and that it will expand into more vertical markets. It's products will be "integrate with Observint's ... video and audio surveillance solutions," according to the statement.</p>
<p>Infinias will continue to do product development, sales and support from its Indianapolis headquarters, while Observint will take over marketing and finance duties at its Austin, Texas headquarters.</p>
<p>Infinias' manufactures IP-based access control systems for the commercial security market. Its Intelli-M product line includes "Ethernet-enabled integrated door controller, one of the first PoE door controllers introduced to the security market, and the Intelli-M Access browser-based management application."</p>
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<span property="dc:title" content="Observint acquires Infinias" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:24:57 +0000SSN Editor15824 at http://securitysystemsnews.comhttp://securitysystemsnews.com/blog/observint-acquires-infinias#comments